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Health experts debunk Chinese scientists’ claim that COVID-19 virus originated in India

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Health experts in India have refuted a claim made by Chinese scientists in a preprint paper that suggests that the Indian subcontinent might be the place where the earliest human-to-human SARS-CoV-2 transmission occurred. The claim contradicts reports that have said that the virus originated in Wuhan late last year. This is a speculative theory without scientific basis, Jyoti Mutta from Sri Balaji Action Medical Institute.